biography
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Korngold, Erich (Wolfgang)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1897–1957)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Brünn, NE Austria. He studied in Vienna, and from the age of 12 had spectacular success there and throughout Germany as a composer of chamber, orchestral, and stage works in late-Romantic vein. His finest operas were Violanta (1916) and Die tote Stadt (1920, The Dead City). He was professor at the Vienna State Academy of Music (1930), but in 1934 emigrated to Hollywood. Two of his film scores, Robin Hood and Anthony Adverse, received Oscars. His post-war works included a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and a symphony. |
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